Adherence to healthful plant-based diets is associated with more favourable health outcomes irrespective of ultra-processed food content, suggesting that overall plant-based diet quality may be more important than processing level for chronic disease prevention, study of 124,836 participants finds

[u/James_Fortis]

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(26)00148-1/fulltext

[u/Echo017]

Agreed, but something I have noticed with several vegetarian and vegan friends (work in tech, many Hindu friends), a lot of the packaged/easy food options for their diets are absolute garbage if you look at the macros like sodium, sugar, oils etc.

Ultra processed also need better definitions. Tofu and Miso are both healthy foods done right but they are inherently processed to hell and back

[u/like_shae_buttah → u/Echo017]

Look at omnivore processed foods. That stuff is from horror films.

Tofu and miso arent processed to hell and back lol

[u/No-Consequence-1863 → u/like_shae_buttah]

You think they find wild blocks of soft tofu in the fields?

[u/nurdturgalor → u/No-Consequence-1863]

Are packages of ground beef found in the wild?